Gordon Craig

Tony, Interesting post. I've added it to my reference library. gjw, Another book of interest is; KERESZT, EREM, CSILLAG - Kitunretesek a magyar tortenelemben. There is one page of English in the back of this book that reads as follow. "CROSS, MEDAL AND STAR; Orders and Decorations in Hungarian History. In the album Hungarian state decorations, the signs of recognition are introduced to date, (the book was publish in 2002) in chronological order. It also provides a selection of foreign decorations related to Hungary or awarded to Hungarians. This just the first paragraph. It goes on to explain, broadly, the pictures in the text. There is one more book in my library that I can not put my hands on at the moment but I'll let you know the name when I find it. This particular book covers the decorations and awards used in Hungary for a two year period between the time the communist regime ended and a new set of decorations and awards were designed and introduced by the new government in Hungary. Regards, Gordon

SVAPR, Isn't that an individuals point of view? We all collect from our own point of view. We, as collectors, would not all rate one of the above orders with the same amount of interest. I would not rate one of these before the other. Their only interest to me would be when they are included in a group. It would be interesting to see what others have to say. Regards, Gordon

Greg, The book listed above is the best one in print for medals that were officially issued by Hungary during the HUPR period. This book does become available from time to time for sale. Regards, Gordon

Noor, Interesting permanent pass. Documents for these, and similar units, that I have seen in the past were usually in English and German. Regards, Gordon

johnprice, I can not help you with the other side of the medal but I can tell you that it refers to a football club in the city of Korca. I've attached a link to the wiki outline of the city and if you scroll to the bottom it talks a bout football being the most popular spot in the city. Regards, Gordon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korçë

Hi, Your list of items crosses a number of different collecting fields and makes it difficult for one person to answer your questions. I would suggest you post things on the individual forums such as one for Iron Crosses https://gmic.co.uk/forum/225-germany-all-eras-the-iron-cross/ badges https://gmic.co.uk/forum/304-germany-third-reich-awards-decorations-medals/ etc. The GMIC doesn't appear to have a dedicated forum for daggers so for help there you could go to the Wehrmacht Awards Forum or Germandaggers.com https://www.germandaggers.com/ When it comes time to trade your items they should go to the top of this site where it says "Advertise here". Good luck in your quest. Regards, Gordon

Antonio, Here is a thread from the GMIC that shows different medals, badges and wound stripes used by Italy for those soldiers who were wounded. The uniforms once belonged to me. Regards, Gordon https://gmic.co.uk/topic/14814-italian/

Tony, The photo does appear to be colourized. The medals would appear to be a DSO, QSA and KSA, as said above, but totally the wrong colurs for the ribbons for those medals. Regards, Gordon

Tony, Thanks for trying on Twitter. Regards, Gordon

I have found a way to translate this document using Google Translate. Or at least a friend has so here it is below. Also, the two card are connected. The white card appears to be an invitation to the event where the certificate and ribbon are presented. I'll confirm that when it is transsslated. Regards, Gordon

Interesting group. The write up says 'His citation is appended below" but unfortunately does not appear in this post. It would make interesting reading I am sure. Regards, Gordon

No one, Interesting thread. Thanks for posting it. Regards, Gordon

Glad to see this thread brought back to life again. A great deal of useful information on this cross. Regards, Gordon

WJT, Thanks for the good, clear images of the makers mark. As Farkas says, a well known mark of an Austrian maker. Regards, Gordon

Interesting listing of Japanese nurses who had been awarded the Florence Nightingale medal. Thanks for posting them. I have bid on a Florence Nightingale medal a few times but never successfully. Regards, Gordon

WJT, It looks good to me. A close up of the makers mark would be appreciated. Here is a link to one sold by emedlas for comparison https://www.emedals.com/products/wwi-austrian-artillery-qualification-badge-eu5182 Regards, Gordon

Tony, By all means do share my picture. Any answer to my questions would be very welcome. Some of these medals were issued to individuals and other to firms and it would be good to know what I have here. Thanks for your offer to help. I am not on twitter. Regards, Gordon

No one, Thanks for drawing my attention to this, and other sources, on nurses from Japan serving in WWI. I will read it with interest. I have a small collection of Japanese medals, several from the Japanese Red Cross, and I find this thread very interesting. Regards, Gordon

Interesting story on a nurse/s in Vietnam. Collecting articles to nurses is one of my main focuses. Not just military nurses but nurses in general who served in hospitals for the war wounded. Regards, Gordon

No one, Interesting story on this medal. Good work in tracing the error of attribution to Chiang Kai Shek. Regards, Gordon

archie777, Nice award but this is the forum to ask for help. Do you have a problem that we can help you with? Or did you post this in the wrong area? Regards, Gordon

Pierre73, I have numerous documents on a variety of paper weights but I have never seen one on "tissue" paper. Is the picture that started this thread made from what you refer to as "tissue" paper? Regards, Gordon

No one, Your welcome. Regards, Gordon

No one, Not necessarily. To be awarded the 39-45 Star "A recipient in the army, navy, and merchant marine had to have served 180 days afloat or on land in an operational area. For air crew and airborne soldiers, it was 60 days." The CD was not authorzied until 1946 and not issued until 1951 so this ribbon bar is post the issue date of the CD. Regards, Gordon

Duncan, Sally Boselys site lists this as "an official issue number". This is outside my main collecting area so I can not vouch for that comment. Regards, Gordon https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?code=65363